159 N.C. App. 232 - State v. Messick’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
February 2005
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Litwak v. Oscar Productions, Inc. · Andreas v. United States · State v. Wallace · State v. Braxton · National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Gulf Power Co.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We have reviewed over fifty additional decisions in which this issue has been raised and rejected by our Supreme Court and this Court in the last three years. These decisions consistently hold that the short form murder indictment is constitutional.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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